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>> earlier today british prime minister boris johnson congratulated joe biden and vice president kamala harris on the inauguration kelly members he look forward to working with the new administration on a range of issues including climate trains and security, the into the answered question on vaccine distribution in the government's response to the pandemic. >> order before call the prime minister may i express on behalf of the house the best wishes to president biden and vice president harris on their inauguration day, we know questions of the prime minister. >> i will first call the prime minister to answer the engagement question and then i will call to ask a question prime minister. >> members from across the house floor want to join me in

congratulating brandon on his inauguration today. and as president and the administration and the partnership between our countries and working on our shared priorities from climate change, building back better from the pandemic and strengthening our security. mr. speaker the latest flood and i want to think the environment agency and our emergency services for what they are doing to support the communities later on to courtney the national response. mr. speaker and others in addition to my duties. thank you for the day. >> alex l burke. >> taking mr. speaker i will start by associating myself, mre minister joined me that people

will continue to receive free lunches over the forthcoming school holiday thanks to the growth provided by this government. >> yes indeed i can confirm the eligible people will continue to receive free meal school and 2 million pounds through the covid winter grand scheme to support vulnerable families in the side of the house and no child should go hungry this winter as a result of the covered pandemic. >> leaders of the opposition. >> taking mr. speaker can i welcome the inauguration of president biden and vice president harris it is a victory for hope over hate in a real moment for optimism of the u.s. and around the world. can i also think all of those on the front line to deliver including the nhs who are also

doing so much to keep us safe under the most extraordinary pressure mr. speaker ten days since the home office mistakenly deleted hundreds of thousands of criminal records including fingerprints, crime scene data and dna records. can the prime minister tell the house how many investigations could've been damaged by this mistake? >> mr. speaker the home office is actively working to assess the damage and the gentleman will know for the question held in the house a few days ago and they believe they will be able to rectify the results of the complex into those in the hope very much they will be able to restore the questions. >> yes, sir. >> mr. speaker that is not an

answer to my question, is the most basic of questions it was the first question for any prime minister would've asked of those briefing him, how many criminal investigations have been damaged so let me ask the second basic question that any prime minister would've asked in the briefings, how many convicted criminals have had their records wrongly deleted? >> the first question entirely accurately we don't know how many cases might be frustrated in a result of what is happened but i tell you 230,000 and hundreds arrest records and personal records are currently being investigated because they are the subject to this problem. >> mr. speaker i have a letter here from the national police

chief counsel. it makes it clear 403,000 records from the police national computer may have been deleted in addition to that prime minister this is from the national police chief counsel, let's be briefed on this, in addition to that 26000 dna records from the dna database and 30000 fingerprint records from the fingerprints database, this is not just a technical issue this is about criminals not being caught in victims not getting justice. this is clear that it includes data from criminals convicted of serious offenses, and has impacted live police investigations already and it includes records including dna for indefinite retention following a conviction for serious offenses. that's the most serious that is why retention is being deleted.

it is a prime minister telling us that ten days he still has not gotten to the bottom of the basic questions and he cannot tell us how many cases have been lost, how many serious offenders this concerns and how many police investigations have been investigated. >> over the gentleman's question that he fails to provide an let me repeat. he says 413,000, and briefly in my head if you had 213,000 you get 15000 and you get to 403,000 if only he bothered to do that essential complication in his head he would have the answer before he stood up and claimed not to proceed it, it was there in the previous answer and of

course it is outrageous that any data should've been lost but at the moment we are trying, which i heard we are trained to retrieve that data. >> the figure i quote was 403,000. prime minister that was the figure plus a 26000 plus 403,000, plus 26000 plus 30000, let me try the next question. >> if you were to ask anyone briefing. how long would it take for the wrongly deleted records to be reinstated for police database. >> that would depend how long it takes to recover and i tell people are working around-the-clock having to be briefed by myself and by the policing minister and we are working around-the-clock on

these issues and any data is of course unacceptable but it is this government to a strong economy that we've had for the last few years that we have been able to invest in policing and drive crime down that is the most important thing of all and we will be able to continue to do that by relying on excellent data. >> yes. >> mr. speaker the home sector is rushing to the data, we don't know where the records are and they may have to be entered manually which will take a long, long time, the letter from the council makes it clear that the obvious place to reinstate is the dna database have themselves been compromised in these offer things in that light. mr. speaker let me turn to another of the secretaries responsibilities. last night the home secretary

told party events that these were her words, should we have closed out orders earlier the answer is yes, i was an advocate says the home secretary of closing, why did the prime minister over hold the arm secretary. >> mr. speaker i think it was last march the gentleman with many others was saying we did not need to close borders. we are facing, it is interesting the first few questions were confusing in the home office, were in the middle of a national pandemic in this country is facing a very grave death toll and were doing everything we can to protect the british public which is what he would expect that is why were one of the toughest border regimes in the

world and we insist you have to get a test 72 hours before you fly and there must be a passenger and you have to provide mr. speaker into quarantine for ten days or five days if you do a second case. i am delighted in my praises of the home secretary your change of tune gentlemen. and i would like the top board of patrol because it was not last year end indeed he campaigned for the leadership of later party and manifested to get back to free movement mr. speaker. >> what the home secretary said last night is not disputed it is not disputed is that she was saying last night, the home secretary was saying to the prime minister you need to shut your borders. she was saying it, i repeat the question, why did he overrule the home secretary who claims that she said last march that we should shudder borders.

>> mr. speaker we instituted one of the toughest border regimes and it was only last march that he along with many others in his party were continuing to support an open border approach and i must say the whole experience listening to the gentleman over the last few months has really been where they spin around and we are taxing the pandemic to the most practical means are available rolling out the vaccine program four-point to million people in our country and where he would've joined that you and we would like to remember the vaccines task force on which we are relying and he stood on the manifesto the last election to unbundle the pharmaceutical companies on

whose breakthroughs this country is not reliant. they continue to look backwards as the politics right from the sidelines we look forward and get on with the job. >> thank you, mr. speaker the national rollout of covid-19 vaccinations is an absolutely tremendous success story and it's only in the past few days that over eight -year-olds have been able to get their first shot. many of my constituents have contacted me too say they're frustrated and worried or pushed to the back of the queue, tell my friend assure them that everybody in the area and the most quotable groups will be vaccinated by the middle of february. >> i think my honorable friend and everything that he does to fight for the people and i can confirm we are on track to

deliver our pledge and it's very hard, we are on track for the first vaccines for everyone in the top four february including the people. >> let's head to scotland with the leader. >> thinking mr. speaker the fact alone millions will breathe a massive sign of relief when joe biden vice president kamala harris are sworn into office. the democrat get the removal of donald trump gives us all thought that better days are ahead and days will be brighter. coming on the dark chapter of trump's presidency isn't solely the responsibility of president joe biden. it is also the responsibility including the prime minister who calls it up to donald trump as his worldview.

mr. speaker the former prime minister the member accused the prime minister of more responsibility and the siege by slashing international, if they need to be a new chapter and it needs to be a new start, the prime minister begins i think it's very important the prime minister has a relationship with the president of the united states that is part of the job description and members of the acknowledge when it comes to global leadership this country is embarking and we have already led the world with the gavin summit and the vaccinations and billion dollars it was the uk or

the first country to set the target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and all other countries are falling and we hope president biden will join us and we are working to promote mobile free trade and we will work with president biden to secure the transatlantic alliance which is a scottish national party, i think they what i don't know what their policy is on our armed services, perhaps they would like to explain. >> i know i'm having a memory lock on it. >> we will come back to. >> you are muted. press the mic.

>> i'm not muted, can you hear me. >> can you hear me. >> get the question of the prime minister's desk. >> can you hear me. >> it is not working. >> we will move on and come back we're going to move on do we have ed davey? >> good afternoon mr. speaker. can i add my warmest of welcomes to president biden and vice president harris on their inauguration today. mr. speaker an answer to my question in july the prime minister promised an independent inquiry to the uk's response to covid. in the six months since covid cases have soared our nhs is on

its knees and 50000 more people have died, the uk now has one of the highest death rate in the world, higher even than trump's america. those are the lessons that have gone devastating wrong under his leadership with the prime minister commit to launching the inquiry he promised last year to this year. >> prime minister. >> he answers his own question with a preamble, the nhs is under unprecedented question, the entire british state is trying to fight and rollout the biggest vaccination program in the history of our country which means virtually the idea that we should not have safe resources to an inquiry now in the middle of the pandemic seems sensible to me and i don't believe it

would seem sensible. of course we will learn lessons and of course there will be a time to reflect and prepare for the next pandemic. let's reconnect. >> thinking mr. speaker in the prime minister's global leadership a bit more believable, last night the support amendment to the trade builder and countries who commit genocide. genocide is history, it is happening in our world right now. the international community has stood idly by and we are men, women and children and forced into concentration camps to china's province. the outgoing u.s. secretary state official says genocide was taking place at the incoming secretary state anthony blinking agrees with his youth.

as the prime minister prepared to follow that lead has he prepared to stand up today and clearly say the genocide has been committed against the uighur population in china. we work with the biden the administration. >> prime minister. >> mr. speaker the attribution of genocide is a judicial matter but i can say for myself i regard what is happening in changing and what is happening to the uighurs is horribly and members of all side of the house sure that view and i commend him the excellent statement by my friend secretary of the commonwealth and development office very recently and what is happening in the step that we are taking to protect to prevent

a british commercial engagement and made by forced labor in ande steps we're taking to what is happening. i might ask and some search engine scenarios what he would propose with a scottish national foreign policy would he break up the foreign office, would he break up which has a big branch? >> next week we mark memorial day for 6 million jewish men women and children that pay tribute to the providers with the prime minister join me in the educational for alive across the country for the testimony on the 26th of january. i encourage them in taking part.

>> mr. speaker my honorable friend is absolutely right to warn us of the needs to continue to inoculate our population ourselves to have anti-semitism which had a tendency to recur including tragically your own and happy to join in encouraging all members q3 academy is tuning into the event in which he mentioned. >> alexander stafford. >> thank you. mr. speaker. i and many residents are very concerned about crime, and antisocial behavior. when the prime minister of my campaign and call on the labor policing commissioner to restore a police presence and even reopen a police station and

getting to the high-strength. >> mr. speaker there could be no more effective advocates that brought value to my honorable friend and i'm sure he has much support for his campaign parade for police station and a hopeless solution can be found in the meantime and i can reassure you we are making sure that these men and women to put in the police station because we are delivering on our commitment to have 20000 more police. >> to the northern island. >> thank you very much mr. speaker, prime minister concrete to the view of every political party on all of those involved in logistics and retail, northern ireland said there is no border in the iris state and the construction is an issue and nothing to do with brexit or the protocol, the papers are reporting the biden administration to the topic of

northern ireland as they try to move on from trump and trump would be not a good start? >> mr. speaker the honorable lady i think from what i said to the liaison committee several times the proof of the pudding is more transit taking place between holly had in dublin it's going so smoothly. >> i'm so sorry we are leading europe is excellent we are leading europe and vaccination and its excellent that we have strong health orders it is a virus bounces around the world there is a risk it will mutate

and be able to dodge the vaccine and review for the efficacy and there's concerning data in that respect will the government develop a new rapid pathway to allow the approval of new variations of the vaccine so we can put down any new strains. >> my honorable friend makes an important point and we've been talking about that with the scientist over the last days, weeks and intensively in the last few hours and i'm confident nhra will be in a position to turn around new applications for new variants of vaccines and may be required of the virus. >> thank you very much mr. speaker sitting idle today is a stark reminder that post brexit written can be

self-sufficient through infrastructure investments is crucial, because the prime minister provide the infrastructure of investment essential by giving the environment agency and funding to keep it operational and to maintain the watercourses, this will be vital to ensure the rich producing land essential for food supply and our local and national economy as well as protect -- prime minister. >> the producing an entirely and we will protect and she is entirely right that's why we put five-point to billion into flood defense including the pumping

station which the honorable lady mentions and we have invested which is 5.7 million pounds to protect the 4000 pounds. >> thank you, mr. speaker the southwest has an ambitious program to build back better in both the green and blue sectors investing in clean growth and marine high-tech but to do so we will need continual investment in our infrastructure will my friend assure us that leveling up does not just involve the north but every region of the united kingdom including the southwest. thank you. >> mr. speaker the potential of the southwest is enormous and are particularly in the area of green technology and he can be assured that we will be getting massive investment in

infrastructure to the green industrial revolution in the southwest and all parts of the uk. >> when the prime minister told fishermen in the southwest that they would not face export barriers or formfitting then they told britain musician and artist they would still be free to work and the rest of the european union after brexit neither of those statements were correct, with a prime minister? >> mr. speaker it is absolutely true that some british fishermen have faced barriers with complications over form fitting in one of the biggest problems there is a decline in appetite because most of the restaurants are shots. but the reality that brags it is

delivering a huge uplift already in the next five years mr. speaker and by 2026 the fishing people of this country will have access to all the fish and all the territory waters of this country and to get them ready for the el dorado mr. speaker we are investing 100 million pounds in improving our processing industry and getting fishing ready for the opportunities ahead. >> something else. >> thank you, mr. speaker inc. and i think the prime minister for the recent strength and guidance to access to neonatal intensive care unit whenever they need to in this pandemic. can the prime minister confirm that compliance to this guidance will be modified and once and for all that we know that they are integral to their hospital

and not just businesses. >> prime minister absolutely mrd i know she knows of what she speaks and she's completely right to say the partners, they should not be considered as visitors and that's why that's been put in place we will be monitoring to ensure that it is observed. >> thank you, mr. speaker the seventh of march of this year my constituent unjustified five year prison sentence will finally come to an end and i asked the prime minister what assurances have you had from the iranian authority that she will have it removed and get it back and be allowed to board a flight in the uk in 45 days time? >> i can tell honorable lady i know who has campaigned hard and

well on the constituents and quite rightly we are working virtually around-the-clock to secure all the nationals that concern us in tehran and without going into the details of the cases as she knows is complex and were doing everything we can to what the pension in tehran, though she knows she is not out on furlough, admittedly in the condition to described. >> jason. >> thank you mr. speaker leading the way and the vaccine rollout does apply minister agree once revaccinated the most vulnerable, the elderly and our wonderful health and social care workers we should then look at prioritizing vaccinating police officers, emergency service workers, teachers and essential

daily work brings them into contact with other people. >> mr. speaker he is a great advocate in constituents and i much enjoy and thank you for what he saying about those groups we must rely on what the jcb i have to say the priorities and the experts have decided but of course we want to see those groups that he mentioned vaccinated as soon as possible and then please in spite of all the differences a 1.5 million people in first mr. speaker half a million on the week before. >> stuart c mcdonald. >> to the pandemic that includes over 100,000 from the eu and immigrants shows many of them don't know anything about the

settlement scheme and many don't know by the end of june and we can see essential care workers and hundreds of thousands internationally the rates on the first of july the prime minister please cancel the application deadline that still extends the right to the uk automatic just as you previously promised to do? >> prime minister, mr. speaker i appreciate what you've done to draw attention i must say i missed disagree about vagrants and our wonderful national and for million of them successfully apply and given residents mr. speaker thanks to the scheme that we've instituted into great success we pay tribute to the wonderful eu and nationals in our country who do a fantastic job for this country.

>> thank you very much mr. speaker, for many years my friend wrote humorous articles that made serious points about individual freedom and the dangers of regulation, the department of health and social care is currently consulting on how to increase regulation on food advertising significantly in my right that you assure me that any implementation of this concentration will be in line with his in my long-held principles. >> indeed mr. speaker i remain a champion but also the living and embodiments mr. speaker. there is no question that it is a comorbidity factor in the pandemic and i think that something the people of this country understand and they understand and celebrate individual responsibilities to do what we can to get healthy, stay healthy and that's one of the ways we can all help protector nhs.

>> doctors, researchers, experts, campaigners and mice constituents under two thirds of backgrounds including a large population have all of the covid-19 pandemic disproportionately affecting communities. the world college of gps have requested these communities of the vaccine rollout will the prime minister finally recognize that this is a result of structural racism and can you outline what his government is doing to address these issues. >> i've interviewed with her last point that she makes a very important point to hard-to-reach groups in society and that's why it's so important that the vaccines rollout is not just conducted by the nhs but the army promises and volunteers in coordination with local

governments at all levels. it is local government that will show us where we need to go and i'm sure she will understand to make sure we reach those groups and make it vaccine hesitant. >> over the last week there has been very significant flooding and rapid, unfortunately my constituents are regularly experiencing the instruction flooding causes. my right honorable friend commit my campaign to establish that residents can call directly which will provide 24/7 assistance to my constituents. >> prime minister. >> every sympathy for the residents who have been affected by flooding as of everybody

affected and what i can say to my honorable friend is that the agency is working hand in glove with her local authority and other partners to find a particular solution to the flooding. >> thank you, mr. speaker my constituency is to the council recently has taken emergency action to save hundreds of jobs while british needs to make 20 million of cuts in the upcoming budget. the secretary of state for communities promise whatever it takes to get through the pandemic. so why is a prime minister a bombshell and nasty my constituents to pay for his

promises. >> prime minister. >> the last time it may explain the problem but the reality supporting every council with 4.6 billion times the support for the local government so far during the pandemic but i think she could have a word with her friends of the mayor of london who threatened to put up his attacks by 10% mr. speaker. >> a final question with derek thomas. >> thank you mr. speaker the announcement of the prime minister of the g senate summit presents a tremendous opportunity to my constituency, first i was thankful and for the details of the g g7 summit to

secure global commitment to accelerate our ambitious industrial revolution. >> prime minister. >> mr. speaker i do indeed and i believe the g7 summit and the opportunity to bring the world together to build back better to champion global combat climate change and also the showcase in the wonderful part of the united kingdom and all the incredible technological, stations in the mining that is going on there and cuomo having led the way, they did mr. speaker and to compromise in the heart of the uk industrial revolution what is

going on today i show that cuomo is once again at the heart of the 21st century uk industrial revolution. >> to enable unnecessary business to be made. >> tonight the presidential inaugural committee wraps up inauguration day with an event called celebrating america hosted by actor tom hanks and featuring performances by demi lovato, bruce springsteen, and bonds on joey and many others. watch live coverage beginning at 830 eastern on c-span2 online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> american history tv on c-span3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend coming up this weekend saturday at

2:00 p.m. eastern the history maker with a conversation between founder and president juliana richardson and fox news political analyst ron williams sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern the history maker series continues with college president janetta cole and amm president on the history african-american education and the importance of htc you at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america in light of the recent attacks on the u.s. capital watch several films on the united states government and the american democracy which offers lessons on how the government works in at 6:30 p.m. eastern samuel talks about his book the tragedy of the whaleship as is about the 1820 sinking of the ship following the attack in the state of the ships crew and 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency we look back at farewells and inauguration and bill clinton, george w. bush dwight eisenhower, john kennedy and ronald reagan. exploring the american story watch american history tv, this

weekend on c-span3. >> earlier today senator chuck schumer delivered his first speech as majority leader from the floor of the u.s. senate, here is a look. >> mr. president, i need to catch my breath so much is happening. a few hours ago on the west front of the citadel of democracy joe biden and, like harris were administered the oath of office to the presidency and the vice presidency of the united states, we have turned the page to a new chapter in the history of our democracy and i am full of hope, i would challenge anyone not to feel hopeful today after listening to amanda gordon the amazing 22 euro poet buys far beyond her years who told us somehow we

have weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished. the hope she spoke about strong and happy hope, the hope that we feel today is the hope of course that is tempered by reality this was an inauguration unlike most others the crowds that roller absent a reminder our nation is in the flows of the deadly pandemic, the president of thousands of national guardsmen, police and secret service was a reminder that two weeks ago in this very room and on the very steps were president biden took the oath, the mob of violent criminals tried to dismantle our democracy, our sacred democracy, brick by brick and will try again if they could. but as president biden said a few hours ago today democracy has prevailed the will of the

people is heated the peaceful transfer of power fulfilled it takes a lot more than a band of hooligans to bring our brand democracy down, let it be a message to our friends around the world that are democracy though it has been tried and tested showri long endure, let t be a message to those terrorists who desecrated this temple of democracy that they will never prevail. joe biden is now the 46 president of the united states, kamala harris is the 49th vice president of the united states but of course in more ways than one she is not the 49th but the first, the first african-american woman the first asian-american woman the first woman. to hold the office of vice presidency internation's history. today the threat to our democracy from up presidency itself has ended.

but the challenge was we face as a nation remain, in the wake of violence and division hatred and mistruths in the shadow of disease, economic hardship awarding planet, and unequal society we begin the work of the 117th congress. in his inaugural address president biden spoke to this moment, a moment of great challenge and told us to simple truths, one that our responsibilities, are numerous and to it'll take unity, unity of spirit, unity of purpose to fulfill them. president biden we heard you loud and clear, we have a lengthy agenda and we need to get it done together. president biden pointed the way to our nations recovery and renewal he reminded us who we are and where we need to go but

we must now turn the spirit of her his words into action. the spirit must immediately set to work the mission president biden described restoring the greatness and goodness of america. this will be a busy inconsequential. for the united states senate there is much to do and we are ready to get to work. not to upstage our president and vice president but there's has not been the only swearing in today. a few moments ago the senate welcomed three new members to cthe chamber i now happily and proudly call them senator padilla. senator jon ossoff, senator warnock. they join kelly hip and luker as

part of the six-member class of the democratic senators in a new democratic senate majority. i meant to the historic nature vice president harris ascendance but let's not six forget her successor alex padilla is the first black latino to represent california, raphael warnock born while georgia was represented in this b chamber by two segregationist is now the first african-american senator georgia has ever elected. in that jon ossoff is the first jewish senator from his state sworn in today on a book of hebrew scripture once owned by the rabbi who decades ago formed a bond between the jewish and african-american communities of georgia. as president biden said in his inaugural address don't tell me things cannot change with the

swearing in of these three senators the senate will turn to democratic control for which i deeply think my colleagues. returning to democratic control under the first new york born majority leader in american history a kid from brooklyn a son of an exterminator and a housewife and a defendant of victims of the holocaust. but i should be the leader of this new senate majority is an awesome responsibility, awesome in the buccal sense of the angels that tremble in all before god. today i feel the full weight of that responsibility. a sense of reverence of all with the trust placed in me i intend to honor that trust with all of my energy and with joy, as the

majority changes in the senate, the senate will do business differently. the senate will address the challenges our country faces head-on and without delay. not with solutions but with boldness and with courage. the senate will tackle the perils of the moment for once in a generation health and economic crisis and it will strive to make progress on generations long struggle the racial justice, economic justice, equality of opportunity and equality under the law and make no mistake the senate will forcefully consistently and urgently address the latest tech to this country into our planet, climate change. this senate will legislate it will be active, responsive, energetic and bold. into my republican colleagues when and where we cantr the

democratic majority will strive to make this important work bipartisan the senate works best when we work together. we have no choice, the challenges we face are great the divisions of the country are real we have no choice but to try to work together every day to reward the faith the american people have placed in us. so let us begin. i yield the floor. >> listen to c-span podcast for weekly this week the inauguration in our previous administration handled the transfer of power with historian author of democracy big day. find c-span the weekly where you get your podcast. >> coming up tonight on c-span2 the presidential inaugural committee host a live virtual celebration in today's senate

session vice president kamala harris store and three new senators later president biden signs a series of executive orders and host a virtual swearing-in for presidential appointees, now the inauguration celebration. >> her hope and dreams ♪ ♪ grab your ticket and your suitcase ♪ ♪ just rolling down the track ♪ ♪ you don't know where you're going now ♪ ♪ but you know ♪ ♪ you won't be back ♪

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